I picked this issue up after reading this post, Apocalypse has always been one of my favorite villians. He seemed to be pretty far out of character, I agree some better dialogue would have gone a long ways in this issue.

I liked him in the old Xfactor comics where he was logical and relied on subterfuge rather than brute force. In Black Panther he was largely just another thug villain. I agree with your comments about it depends on who wrote him. His best appearances were in Xfactor and Cable in my opinion.